VITAL STATISTICS. 



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LOSSES OF THE TISSUES DURING STARVATION. 

 (FROM EXPERIMENT ON A CAT.) 



Fat loses 93 per cent. 



Blood . . . 

 Spleen . . . 

 Pancreas . . 

 Stomach . . 

 Pharynx, gullet 

 Skin .... 

 Kidneys . . . 

 Liver .... 



75 

 71 

 64 

 39 

 34 

 33 

 31 

 52 



Heart . . 



Intestines . . . 



Muscles of locomo- 

 tion .... 



Respiratory appa- 

 ratus . . . 



Bones .... 



Eyes 



Nervous system . 



loses 44 per cent. 



" 42 " 



" 42 " 



22 " 



16 " 

 10 " 



2 " 



QUANTITY OF WATER IN 1,000 PARTS. 



Teeth ... 100 Bile 880 



Bones 130 Milk 887 



Cartilage 550 Pancreatic juice 900 



Muscles 750 Urine 936 



Ligament 768 Lymph 960 



Brain 789 Gastric juice 975 



Blood 795 Sweat 986 



Synovia 805 Saliva . . . 995 



THE LOSS OF WATER FROM THE BODY. 



From the Alimentary canal (feces) 4 per cent. 



" " Lungs 20 " 



" " Skin (perspiration) 30 



" " Kidneys (urine) 46 " 



ELEMENTS IN THE HUMAN BODY. 



Oxygen 72.0 Chlorin 085 



Carbon 13.5 Fluorin 08 



Hydrogen 9.1 Potassium 026 



Nitrogen 2.5 Iron 01 



Calcium 1.3 Magnesium .0012 



Fosforus 1.15 Silicon 0002 



Sulfur 147 Copper, lead, aluminum . (traces) 



Sodium 1 100. 



DAILY RATION OF A U. S. SOLDIER DURING THE LATE WAR. 



Bread or flour 22 oz. 



Fresh or salt beef (or pork or bacon 12 oz.) 20 " 



Potatoes (three times a week) . 16 " 



